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Hideki Sakamoto
坂本 英城
Born (1972-11-14) November 14, 1972 (age 51)
Japan
GenresVideo game music
Years active1998–present
Websitehideki-sakamoto.com

Hideki Sakamoto (坂本 英城, Sakamoto Hideki, born November 14, 1972) is a Japanese music composer, best known for his contributions in video games. He serves as the representative director of Noisycroak, a Tokyo-based sound design company focused on game soundtracks. Echochrome II holds the Guinness World Record for the longest single musical track in a video game, lasting 75 minutes and 7 seconds.[1]

Early life and education

Sakamoto started playing classical piano at the age of 4. He graduated from WASEDA University in 2004.[2]

Works

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2017)
Year Game Notes Ref.
2005 Shinobido: Way of the Ninja with Keisuke Ito [3]
2006 Bomberman [3]
Yakuza 2 with several others [3]
2007 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness [3]
2008 Yakuza Kenzan [3]
Echochrome [3]
Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories [3]
Castlevania Judgment music director [3]
2009 428: Shibuya Scramble with Naoki Sato and Shingo Yasumoto [4]
Yakuza 3 with several others [3]
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky [3]
2010 Echochrome II [3]
Patchwork Heroes [5]
2012 Time Travelers [3]
2013 Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale [3]
Toukiden [3]
2014 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U arrangements [6]
2015 Kakuriyo no Mon with several others [3]
Hakuōki: Shinkai - Furi no Shou [3]
Monster Strike [3]
2016 Fortune Tellers Academy [3]
TumeTume Lord [3]
Kumapara [3]
2018 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate main theme "Lifelight" [7][8]
2020 Project Dreams: How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar [9]
2021 Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars [9]

References

  1. ^ "echochrome ii Music Sets Guinness World Record, Special Soundtrack Offer on PSN". PlayStation.Blog. 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  2. ^ "HIDEKI SAKAMOTO | Official Site". HIDEKI SAKAMOTO Official Site. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "坂本 英城". noisycroak (in Japanese). Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "Noisycroak Staff Page (Japanese language)". Noisycroak. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  5. ^ "アニプレックス、PSP「100万トンのバラバラ」と「勇者のくせになまいきだ:3D」のサントラを発売" (in Japanese). Game Watch. 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  6. ^ "Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: Music". smashbros.com. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  7. ^ "Noisycroak Twitter Status". Noisycroak. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  8. ^ Sounders, Mike (2 November 2018). "Check out all the new music from yesterday's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct". Destructoid. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Hideki Sakamoto". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

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